Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HUNWORTH

HUNWORTH, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; on the rivulet Glaven, 2 miles SSW of Holt, and 9½ NE of Ryburgh r. station. Post town, Holt, under Thetford. Acres, 838. Real property, £1, 210. Pop., 206. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Lothian. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Stody, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is later English, in pretty good condition; and consists of nave, S transept, and chancel, with porch and tower. There is a school with £6 from endowment.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hunworth CP/AP       Erpingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Hunworth

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